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GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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How many confirmed ways of Freezing a Dude have we gotten? Excluding the Supers because they'll presumably also kill you.

I'm assuming abilities will work the same way in Crucible as they do in PvE so it's going to be odd.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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xzzy posted:

If there's anything people in pvp games love, it's losing control of their character. It's gonna be a hilarious shitshow for months until they figure out a way to balance it.

Yeah my initial thought before we got promotional material was that a PvE freeze would be a PvP Slow, but we know you can straight up ice a sucka. Getting frozen for even 1 single second is a Death so Freezing needs to be balanced the way any other one hit kill weapon or ability is.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Guys please we all have incredible shits there's no need to pull them out of the toilet to compare


Do you think that the Exo Baddies in DSC will just have vex fanatic AI or that they will be cool and new

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Psycho Landlord posted:

surely they will fight in the manner of wombats

and we're back to comparing Shits, jeez

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Psycho Landlord posted:

I too will miss Retribution but mainly because it was Devastator's one niche

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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I heard the new raid boss looks directly at the camera and calls you by your gamertag??

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Reddit is actually quite bad. The system of DownDoots and UpBacons leads to terrible content and even worse layouts

They are a big source of processing power for getting through ARGs and puzzles and poo poo tho

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Also Beyond Light is really, really Destiny 3 at its core. It's a level playing field and the best time in the game's history to jump on board. Tons of the new content/Bungie Effort that went into this expansion is dedicated to brand new or long absent players.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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I loved when May 2015's Destiny 2 gave us the Reef and September 2016 brought Destiny 3's Iron Temple



Whatcha guys doing with Calus tokens? They're not on the list of stuff to be removed but it certainly seems like they should be.

Save ~125 of each Planetary Material since vaulted planets will still be used for upgrade modules, prisms and golfballs next season and you might really need one on the day that they're going for Phaseglass and Sim Seeds or something.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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RocketRaygun posted:

Vaulted materials are being removed from banshee's rotation. They'll be dumpable for glimmer at the spider and removed in S13. Dump them now for shards or upgrade modules.


Vaulted Materials were mentioned as remaining in use but not earnable in next season (12) and would be dumpable for glimmer at Spider in Season 13, btw. Not a big deal but worth hanging on to a few for one last season.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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OzFactor posted:

I haven't actually played for a couple months now (because that would require playing a video game that isn't Hades, and that is really hard). Is it possible to do the full Traveler's Chosen quest in time? How long would it take?

Maybe 4 hours if you went real slow?

Git it! Get after it!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Push him off the ledge!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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I absolutely guarantee that NTtE is a world drop and duality is the season track gun. They keep season content secret now, for various reasons

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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The game has a small patch Monday at 4 pm pacific and then goes offline at 7pm pacific, so many suspect there's a little event to experience at the tower in that window

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Either they're adding a couple new machine guns next season or they are really planning on removing MGs from the game for a bit!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Rahn? What's his deal?

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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It's... sort of insincere to say that you can convert Planetary Materials to Piss Crystals or Golfballs at Banshee. Yes, you technically hand over 100 Phaseglasses or whatever, but the Enhancement Core -> Prism -> Golfball cost is prohibitive and even a veteran player will find their pile of Enhancement Cores gone in no time.

Best use of planetary materials is feed 'em to the planet vendor, and break down all those Year 1 Weapons and Crappy Armors for Gunsmith Parts, Enhancement Cores, and Legendary Shards.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Enjoy your 2 per season, peasant! Skip masterworking an armor piece this season so you can do an exotic armor next time!

(I do believe they're going to make golfballs/piss crystals more available next season, using Spider. Also, Spider is available even if you don't own Forsaken, unless I'm terribly mistaken)

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Traitorous Leopard posted:

Alright question, as a new person to this game, should I be bothering with these Intro quests that are presumably taking me to planets that will be vaulted next Tuesday? Or should I just be getting light levels or w/e through Strikes and Crucible til the new stuff drops??? tia

Literally the best use of the next 30 hours (before the game goes offline until New Year Expansion) is to talk to Zavala and pick up the Evacuation Quest. It culminates in the Traveler's Chosen exotic sidearm, which is good, but it is also great as both an introduction to the game & a farewell to the content being removed.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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heated game moment posted:

This is kinda true but I run very few nightfalls bc I don’t think they are very fun (have never cared enough to try a GM) and have a full stack. The easiest way is to clear Pit of Heresy x3 for an easy 18 prisms a week and buy a shard. I’ve masterworked a lot of armor and have my shards and prisms capped coming into the new season.

You can go in the LFG Discord to grab a PoH boss checkpoint or there’s usually goons that will help run it and get checkpoints that way, takes like 30 minutes.

Speaking of which I imagine this will change with new season? But maybe not since Prophecy isn’t there anymore

The big (perceived) barrier is that prisms and golfballs require completion of non-matchmade activities, like Pit of Heresy. The lack of in-game matchmaking is seen as a "I will never do this" sign to some players.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Preparation takes about 1 hour, and Evacuation is about 2 hours. Slowly, and playing solo. If you're going to spend 3 hours goofin' off between now and Monday at 7pm Pacific, this is a great way to spend 'em

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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That's not a good system BUT it's totally fine to just delete it all, just burnnnn it all down and start fresh

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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They used to nerf things for being too good in Gambit, if you can believe it!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Yeah the Traveler is NOT healing

It gon git owned

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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It's ongoing, but the "big moment" hasn't happened yet.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Thank goodness, Beloved is finally gone

[busts out Beloved but with a washcloth on it]

Oh neat a new gun

Adored can run Snapshot with Killing Wind for pvp which is pretty solid. It is assumed that it uses the same scope as Beloved because a sniper is only as good as the zoom is low

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Good god the exotic sword is over powered

The titan icefall mantle is a HUUUGE piece of poo poo though, wow

Hawkmoon is apparently a quest exotic because it's not in the weapons tab yet


Troublingly, none of the Year 1-3 exotic weapons seems to have received a catalyst :negative: Although it's very possible that this particular portion of the game just hadn't gone live yet

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Raid weapons were still hidden but it's interesting that there's literally only one weapon that does Stasis damage. I guess they're not giving it the full "Fourth Element" treatment but rather having it be a bit of a... fringe damage type.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Oh dang, those WERE the raid weapons. Yeah, super weird then that there's 1 single Stasis Weapon

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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High Libido is best gun of the season

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Ostensibly because pc and console have different recoil systems and so some recommendations for perks and stats might be different, but... neither thread is ever used for "which of these guns is more good!!" so really it's because some users can't stop antagonizing each other

Now that console users are playing on Series Xs and PS5's the menu times are at parity with PC, too. We can finally do that "Switch exotic mid-super" fuckery!!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Oof, this is a VERY light expansion from a loot perspective. On par with a mid-year Season. Reviews will not be kind

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Yeah pretty much every prediction and/or fear I had is 100% true. Stasis is Solar, mechanically, no Crucible maps, no new Y1-3 exotic catalysts, etc

Wish I'd been wrong about more but the new planet sure is pretty. Hope the raid is fun!

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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The beyond light campaign is by far their weakest campaign in the history of the franchise

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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RBX posted:

Shadowkeep wasn't even a campaign, just busy work with a nothing ending.

I have bad news :(

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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I'm withholding judgment on the expansion until the season goes live because I refuse to believe this is it. I will howl with laughter if this is an annual expansion

Surely the world loot pool and weapon refreshes and Crucible maps and exotic catalysts are coming when the Season of the Hunt content begins?

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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abraham linksys posted:

i'd say if only bungie was still part of activision, they could have learned about this mistake from blizzard, but it's not like they learned anything from wow or diablo so of course they wouldn't learn anything from overwatch either

i'm as far in the campaign as about to do the first empire hunt(?), it's cute so far but i'm worried it's gonna be shadowkeep-short. hopefully it's at least forsaken length

Trust me, you'll wish it was shorter. You retread your footsteps 3 times.

Strongly strongly recommend everyone do 15 minutes of the Widow's Walk for those bugged, guaranteed +10 drops and get your light up for the campaign.

GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Witherhoard is currently broken, you take DoT until you die. It'll get locked very soon

Also uh, I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, they did not play test stasis in Crucible. This is untenable and a bigger mistake than 4v4 quick play

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GoGoGadgetChris
Mar 18, 2010

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Riftling posted:

and I'm hoping we get a big content drop with the seasonal stuff next week.

gently caress, we HAVE to, right?

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